Educational Programs Quotes:

I had two spinster aunts who were seamstresses, and of course unemployed in the 1930s, but the union gave them a life. They had a couple of weeks in the country for a union installation and they had educational programs and all sorts of things. There was a life, you know, a real community.

- Noam Chomsky

source: Source: www.iww.org

topic: Country, Couple, Real, Installation, Spinsters

If we got an educational program going, we could tell people, "Instead of butter, use avocado." That's something we eat, it has the good fat, and it has a good texture, and it tastes better. Just imagine if you substituted that. Or if we switched to olive oil, the extra virgin olive oil, we could still have our taquitos, but put a little oil on them and put them in the oven and bake them.

- Sandra Cisneros

source: "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

topic: Educational, Oil, People, Avocados, Olive Oil

There are tribes, I should say nations, which prior to the AIM movement had only ten or fifteen employees, and now have upwards of 2000. There are educational programs that didn't exist before, there are housing programs, health programs, senior citizen programs, cultural programs and the list goes on. It's all because some people stood up and said sovereignty is our right by treaty and the constitution says treaty law is the supreme law of the land.

- Leonard Peltier

source: Source: montanapioneer.com

topic: Stood Up, Educational Programs

When those who are educated using their education to exploit those who aren't. That's what the sub-prime scandal represents - people of education using it at the expense of others. At Jazz at Lincoln Center, we have 22 educational programs. Not just the word but the substance of education is guided by the arts.

- Wynton Marsalis

source: Interview with Vickie Karp, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2009.

topic: Art, Educational, Lincoln Center, Educational Programs

The Assembly passed a budget that makes the right choices for young students across the state by helping schools avoid cutting essential educational programs, laying off teachers and increasing local property taxes. Without a sound investment in our children and their education, New York would face crumbling school buildings, overcrowded classrooms, and few opportunities to excel.

- Jose Peralta

source: "DA Brown, Council Candidates Get Dem Nod" by John Toscano, www.qgazette.com. May 21, 2003.

topic: Teacher, New York, Children, Educational Programs, Property Taxes

I do not think that the educational program of our schools should be determined by what the community thinks it needs.

- Sargent Shriver

topic: Educational, School, Thinking, Educational Programs

Materialism sets us free from sin-by proving that there is no such thing as sin. There's just antisocial behavior, which we can control with measures like laws and educational programs.

- Phillip E. Johnson

source: Phillip E. Johnson (1997). “Defeating Darwinism by opening minds”, Intervarsity Pr

topic: Educational, Law, Sin, Educational Programs, Antisocial Behavior

Ive been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what weve done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.

- Sanford I. Weill

topic: Educational, Years, Class, Carnegie, Carnegie Hall

Going to school is not the same as going shopping. Parents should not be burdened with locating a suitable school for their child. They should be able to take their child to the neighborhood public school as a matter of course and expect that it has well-educated teachers and a sound educational program.

- Diane Ravitch

source: "Education and the election: it's still all about the money" Lucy Clark, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2016.

topic: Teacher, Children, Educational, Public School, Well Educated

Educating Lawyers succeeds admirably in describing the educational programs at virtually every American law school. The call for the integration of the three apprenticeships seems to me exactly what is needed to make legal education more professional, to prepare law students better for the practice of law, and to address societal expectations of lawyers.

- Stephen Wizner

topic: Educational, School, Law, Societal Expectations, Law Students

What we are working for is an educational program that has become a resource and rallying point for scores of brave southerners who are leading the fight for justice and better race relations in these crucial days

- Septima Poinsette Clark

topic: Educational, Fighting, Race, Educational Programs, Southerner

I launched The Emeril Lagasse Foundation to provide culinary training, and developmental and educational programs to children in the cities where my restaurants operate. I think everyone has a responsibility to give back to the community if they can, and to help future generations learn new skills.

- Emeril Lagasse

topic: Children, Educational, Responsibility, New Skills, Educational Programs